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ALL meanings of heath

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  • noun heath Sir Edward (Richard George) 1916–2005, British statesman: prime minister 1970–74. 1
  • noun heath uncultivated field 1
  • noun heath An area of open uncultivated land, especially in Britain, with characteristic vegetation of heather, gorse, and coarse grasses. 1
  • countable noun heath A heath is an area of open land covered with rough grass or heather and with very few trees or bushes. 0
  • noun heath a large open area, usually with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation, esp heather 0
  • noun heath any low-growing evergreen ericaceous shrub of the Old World genus Erica and related genera, having small bell-shaped typically pink or purple flowers 0
  • noun heath any of several nonericaceous heathlike plants, such as sea heath 0
  • noun heath any of various heathlike plants of the genus Epacris: family Epacridaceae 0
  • noun heath any of various small brown satyrid butterflies of the genus Coenonympha, with coppery-brown wings, esp the large heath (C. tullia) 0
  • noun heath Sir Edward (Richard George). 1916–2005, British statesman; leader of the Conservative Party (1965–75); prime minister (1970–74) 0
  • noun heath Edward (Richard George)1916-2005; Eng. politician: prime minister (1970-74) 0
  • noun heath a tract of open wasteland, esp. in the British Isles, covered with heather, low shrubs, etc.; moor 0
  • noun heath any plant of the heath family; esp., any of various shrubs and plants (genera Erica and Calluna) that grow on heaths, as heather 0
  • adjective heath designating a family (Ericaceae, order Ericales) of dicotyledonous woody shrubs and small trees, including the blueberry, mountain laurel, and rhododendrons 0
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